Online Dhamma Talks

Zoom meetings are one way to encourage some people to contemplate the Dhamma and it’s practice together.

The live-streams are recorded and then shared on the YouTube channel later.  This section of our website links to these uploads directly, and the subjects which were discussed are presented clearly alongside each link, so that you can identify and listen to subjects of particular interest to you. ​

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Latest livestream recording - 28 September 2022

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Questions

Q1: How do you recommend working with sloth and torpor? When the mind calms down there is a kind of fogginess of awareness that is not sleep but no clear mindfulness either.  Sometimes during the longer guided meditations, there is a sort of a total blackout that I cannot prevent. The posture is the same, I did not collapse into sleep, but I was not aware of the time running and did not hear the instructions. When coming out, the mind is clear, refreshed but surprised. How to work with this blackout?

Q2: How to work with knee or body pain during meditation? Is there a guided meditation we could use from your recorded collection? Although I am used to sitting with crossed legs for up to 2 hours, lately some knee pain comes up as early as 15 minutes into the second meditation of the day. Is this to be considered a time to work with the pain or simply shift the posture to a more comfortable one and continue in the previous direction? There are no reasons to take this pain as a health warning sign.

Q3: There is this sutta which I don't quite understand, can you enlighten us what did the Buddha meant when he said that even if he had 4 disciples who perfected: mindfulness, retentiveness, memory and lucidity of wisdom respectively, and they were to learn the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, his explanation of the Dhamma would not come to an end, not even 100 years later.

Q4: Noble Eight Fold Path is the path to cease suffering, and the Four Foundations of Mindfulness is the essence of the Noble Eight Fold Path. What if one fails to accomplish the Four Foundations of Mindfulness? Would it mean one is unable to end sufferings?

Q5: Dear Ajahn, Could you please share a personal experience with the Victor's Armour chant? This was my first exposure to it and I'd love to know how people use it. It was inspiring to hear it being chanted. Thank you so much for this morning.

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Please contact Joyce Lim, mention that you are a subscriber of this website and request the password and ID. If there is space available, you will need to download the zoom app. The free version is good enough. Please write your name and country in your user name so that we can see where people are joining in from. Questions or subjects to be covered in a follow up session can be asked via the chat function on the Zoom app once you’ve logged into the actual session.

​Ajahn Achalo Bhikkhu